Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2014, 3:19 PM EDT for Oscoda County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2014, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Oscoda County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
040
WFUS53 KAPX 301919
TORAPX
MIC135-302000-
/O.NEW.KAPX.TO.W.0005.140830T1919Z-140830T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
319 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
OSCODA COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 316 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LUZERNE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIO...LUZERNE...RED OAK...FAIRVIEW AND COMINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4451 8437 4454 8437 4469 8437 4486 8401
4486 8389 4467 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 243DEG 29KT 4461 8430
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JZ2 follow-up statements
607
WWUS53 KAPX 301931
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
331 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014
MIC135-302000-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140830T2000Z/
OSCODA MI-
331 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OSCODA COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM
EDT...
AT 330 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUZERNE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIO...FAIRVIEW AND COMINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4458 8426 4462 8433 4471 8432 4486 8401
4486 8389 4467 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 240DEG 20KT 4464 8423
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JZ819
WWUS53 KAPX 301948
SVSAPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
348 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014
MIC135-302000-
/O.CON.KAPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140830T2000Z/
OSCODA MI-
348 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN OSCODA COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 345 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF MIO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAIRVIEW AND COMINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4463 8415 4465 8423 4475 8423 4486 8400
4486 8389 4468 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 236DEG 25KT 4471 8409
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Oscoda | 51 min |
| Aug 30, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Oscoda | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 96 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 84 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.